UK Luxury items sale flooded with Chinese faces

December 26, the famous British department store Selfridges on Oxford Street in London had a after Christmas sale. Even though, there was the subway workers strike, it still could not stop waves of shoppers rushing in. Worrying about the deep debt crisis, Europeans are tightening their belts, not spending as much as the previous years. But to some Chinese people, this is not a problem.

Standing in line outside of Louis Vuitton, Mss. Wang said, “What are we here to buy? One word – luxury. Everything will be more expensive in China, these designer brands were never discounted, therefore buying them in the UK is much cheaper.” “My mom asked me to bring her some Lancome cosmetics, a Gucci or Louis Vutton handbag and a belt. I got myself some Estee Lauder produces (cosmetics). Doreen bought a Prada hand bag for her mother. Chinese people made a special trip to the UK for the sales.”

Dan Li, 22 years old, and his mother Zhang Ya Guan who is 47 years old came to shop here from Beijing. Miss. Li said, “We came especially just for the sale. I already bought a Prada bag, cost 644 pounds, original price was 999, much cheaper than in Beijing.” “Prada bag is for my mother, I want to buy a Gucci bag. Probably going to spend around 800 pounds, that is as expensive as double of the Chinese customs duty.”

They all have money to buy unlike the whites and blacks of London, the Indians and muslims don’t buy these kinds of luxury, they buy castles, hotels and mosques.

The Chinese will have to kill more Tibetans or steal their land when they need more money to buy up the UK, and eat shark fin and bear paws for lunch. They should make them work in dollar stores or corner stores for a living, some Koreans do that in my city.

Sorry man, but that’s just a lame ass comment. Yeah, I hate the fact that lining up is unknown in China too but these kinds of big sales ALWAYS open like that no matter where you are and who the customers are.

Why do people (from China) care so much about owning brandname stuff? I don’t understand..
I mean, ok, buy brand name things. But why do people have to line up and buy things in bulk? Isn’t one enough?
A bag is a bag. A phone is a phone. Etc. Use everything until it’s broken.

HK is so crowded and noisy nowadays…espcially during the summer. It’s so sad.

So they can resell it? Also shop for folks that cannot travel etc. They are messing up shopping eith queues! I used to stroll into Selfridges at a certsin hour during sales but thanks to these eegits! Visa regime has gone to dogs due to students recruitment:(

Not really: all races are the same. it’s just a cycle change that’s going on right now. the time will come when the Europeans are shopping while the chinese folks are broke. But, it may not be within our life time………….

Know a couple of businessmen near Shenzhen and when I went there last year I went to a storage area with thousands and thousands of these expensive bags. Anyway, I was told that the production price was around 500 yuan -yes, the best materials ARE used- but they were sold for 10.000 to 40.000 around China. Funniest thing is that there are factories in GD that produce exact replicas, using the same materials and sell them for 800 and NO ONE CAN SERIOUSLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE. So, what kind of retard wants to spend 20.000 on a bag she can get for 800? People who have too much money that’s who, and people with that kind of money who just doesn’t care don’t deserve it either. It’s also rumoured that some of the same factories making those 20K bags at day fire up the place at night to make their own batch that they sell around China for extra profit. I KNOW it’s true for golf clubs for instance.

Its ok for England that Chinese people spent some money there I wonder why when Japanese were doing the same(15 years ago) nobody criticized them …Maybe because they are civilized and respected lines , they are not rude and Noisy.

Yes, because they are civilized and respected, they are not rude and Noisy. And also that there are many Japanese brand names that the Japanee people offer to the world. What can the Chinse offer? Nothing, except for heap labor.

This alone tells why the west is always winning…Who is making money here? US and European companies. If one day people line up to buy Chinese brand names, then it will be something Chinese can be proud of, but that will never ever happen.

Erm not necessarily, it shows that the current fortunes of both the west and China. These people are spending on luxury goods indictive of the relative positive economy of China, wheras the likes of the US and Europe are in dire economic health and are making cuts everywhere in jobs, etc. Therefore the West is actually not really ‘winning’.

If you want to see the American equivalent search on Walmart+Riot. BTW, a Prada bag will be fashionable for a lifetime, in 20 years it will be considered ‘retro’, by the time she is an old lady it will be considered classic.

So what does it say about Chinese that they fly to London and don’t go to see the stuff the British Empire looted at the British museum, or do the Jack the Ripper walking tour?

I wonder if it is easier for ordinary Chinese to go to London than Hong Kong?

I think the correct music to accompany this article about London is Electric Avenue by Eddie Grant. Working hard like a soldier, I can’t afford a thing on TV, you said it Eddie.

People go crazy for good deals. It’s no different anywhere on earth (except for Japan maybe). For Christ’s sake look at the post Christmas sales in the US. A waffle iron for $2 is a pretty good deal and makes people go ballistic.

Being Asian, this kind rabid consumerism and brand worshipping disgust this heck out me. There are poor ass Chinese children who can’t afford books and clothes and these vapid shallow ugly Chinese think some bag with a name of a white man is going to make them looks cooler. Jokes on them. I have to give it to Western luxury brand, they do know how to fool ugly Chinese girls into buying their expensive shi.t

Let me go and kill some more of those Tibetan slaves I have caged up in my backyard. I have run out of pet food for my dog. I have stopped feeding them Japanese imperialists since the earthquake for fear of radiation levels.

Victoria you are so jealous and petty. And so are most of you people who wrote about Chinese buying designer brands. If you can’t afford it then buy cheap staff and try to be happy for God’s sake, shame on you all!!!!!

i will not who is right who is wrong here but about Tibetan.
Tibetan is wrong . are you saying if Texas want to be independent from USA . where the USA do not or let them be independent. China never says you may not have a other believes(god).

FUCKIN CHINESE GOT NO CLASS!!!!!! I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE IMPRESSED WITH ANYTHING THEY WEAR OR OWN..LOL….WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO REAL CLASS?????????? HAD TO PUT IT LIKE THIS SO YOU’D UNDERSTAND MY DISGUST…LOL

Noveau riche, so easy to spot, more money than sense – hopefully their kids will grow out of it.

SOME Brand named products are worth the higher price because of greater /quality control/, usually in such cases, the fact that it is a brand name would NOT be obvious, there will be no giant letters across the product, just a teeny tiny clothing label tag.

I have a brand name cashmere coat, my mother made me cut out the label on the sleeve that identify it as such – I’ve seen people walking around with the label still on, but my mother says “it’s tacky”.